Non-refillable bottle.



J. B. ZORN. NON-REPILLABLE BOTTLE. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT.14, 1909.

Patented Aug. 23, i910 ZNVENTOR 0/1/16. Z01

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN B. ZORN, OF WISDOM, MONTANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO EMERSON M.

SMITH, OF WISDOM, MONTANA.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. ZORN, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Visdom, in the county of Beaverhead and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in non-refillable bottles, and comprises various details of construction and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sectional view through a bottle stopper made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken at right angles to the section on which Fig. 1 is taken. Fig. 3 is a sectional view longitudinally through the device showing the valve and seat. Fig. 4 is a sectional view transversely through line 4t-4: of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view showing the valve unseated.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the neck of a bottle and B the stopper casing which is made preferably of molded glass. In the circumference of said stopper is a groove A, and C designates an annular groove formed in the inner surface of the neck. A resilient ring D is mounted in said groove and is adapted to hold the stopper within the neck of the bottle, making it impossible to remove the stopper without breaking the neck. The lower portion of the stopper below said annular groove is preferably of cylindrical shape and provided with two openings E through which liquid is adapted to pass, and F designates a cylindrical-outlined chambered port-ion adapted to receive the valve H which is cylindrical in outline and provided with a tapering portion H terminating in a contracted end which is turned into a hook K. The upper part of said valve has a flange N adapted to rest upon the shoulder O of Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

Application filed September 14, 1909.

Serial No. 517,734.

the stopper. The lower end of the stopper is outwardly flaring, as at Q.

R designates a weight having a tapering portion R terminating in a contracted end R which is turned to form a hook B A link T has hooks formed in its ends, one adapted to engage a hook upon the valve and the other the weight R, as shown clearly in the drawings. Said weight is adapted to hold the valve seated in the manner shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, when the bottle is upright.

Above the valve are the two openings I and I, shown respectively in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, and J designates radial partitions terminating in spiral wings L which latter terminate at their upper ends in the cylindrical-outlined portion M having a shoulder M. A cap S has a flange which rests upon the top of the neck of the bottle and its inner end is supported upon a washer M upon the shoulder M, and said cap is provided with a bayonet slot Gr adapted to engage lugs P projecting from the upper portion of the stopper. It will be noted that alternate partitioned walls J as described, are provided with series of perforations X affording means whereby liquid may flow therethrough as itis dispensed from the bottle.

In operation, when the bottle stands upright, the flanged valve will be held with its cylindrical portion in the chambered part of the stopper, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, being held to its seat by the pendent weight. When it is desired to dispense liquid from the bottle, it may be done by inverting the same, the weightx within the bottle pushing upon the link and the link in turn against the stopper, causing the same to unseat in the event of its not unseating by gravity alone. The liquid will be allowed to flow from the perforations of the partitions and between the spiral wings and through the opening W.

By the provision of the spiral rings and the partitions, it will be impossible for the valve to be unseated by the insertion of any instrument within the stopper, and the stopper will be securely held within the neck of the bottle and may not be removed without first breaking the neck, thereby forming an eflicient non-refillable bottle.

I have found from experience that in order to hold the valve seated against suction,

it is necessary to countersink the same within the chambered portion, as shown in Fig.

3 of the drawings, and the valve is held to its seat by the weight which draws the flange of the valve about the marginal edge of the chambered part of the stopper, as shown.

lVhat I claim to be new, is

l. A non-refillable bottle comprising a stopper having a cylindrical-outlined opening in the lower portion thereof terminating at its upper end in a shoulder, a cylindrical valve within said opening and having a flange at its upper end resting upon said shoulder, and a pendent weight fastened to said valve, the portion of the stopper above said valve having radial partitions merging into spiral wings, as set forth.

2. A non-refillable bottle comprising a' stopper having a cylindrical-outlined opening in the lower portion thereof terminating at its upper end in a shoulder, a cylindrical valve within said opening and having a flange at its upper end resting upon said shoulder, and a pendent weight fastened to said valve, spiral partitions above the valve seatwhich are alternately perforated and imperforate, said partitions terminating in spiral wings, the upper ends of which are integral with a cylindrical portion of the stopper, as set forth.

3. A non-refillable bottle comprising in combination with a bottle having a neck with a groove in the inner surface thereof, a stopper having an annular groove in the circumference thereof, a spring fastener engaging said grooves, the lower portion of said stopper downwardly flaring, a chambered portion of the stopper above said flaring portion forming at its upper end a valve seat, a cylindrical valve within said chamber and having a flange resting upon the seat, the lower end of the valve tapering and turned into a hook, a pendent weight connected to said valve and adapted to bear against the lower flaring end of the stopper as the latter is inverted, the portion of the stopper above the valve seat provided with radial partitions merging into spiral wings, as set forth.

a. A non-refillable bottle comprising in combination with a bottle having a neck with a groove in the inner surface thereof, a stopper having an annular groove in the circumference thereof, a spring fastener engaging said grooves, the lower portion of said stopper downwardly flaring, a chambered portion of the stopper above said flaring portion forming at its upper end a valve seat, a cylindrical valve within said chamber and having a flange resting upon the seat, the lower end of the valve tapering and turned into a hook, a pendent weight having a tapering end bent to form a hook, a link connecting said hooks, said weight hav ing a tapering portion adapted to conform and contact with the tapering end of the stopper as the latter is inverted, radial partitions above the valve seat merging into spiral wings, and a cap fitted to the upper end of the stopper, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN B. ZORN.

lVit-nesses V. L. lWlILLER, GEORGE BAILARD. 

